you're not the boss of me!
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Wasted Time
You know what I am not a fan of - when people say they are going to end class/meeting/group session at a certain time, but then GO OVER. I hate this. I absolutely hate this. If I am somewhere I need to be due to an email, grade, or being told to, then I expect it to end at the proper END TIME. Dates, reunions, dinners, and other fun stuff, these can go over their expected time limit.
I don't think it's fair to tell me that we will be done at 3:30 but then continue to talk until 4:15. My body doesn't work that way. When I see that it is 3:15 I start getting ancy. "yes yes almost time to run away and never come back" is what I am thinking. Then when you go over, I am not paying attention, nope. I am either looking at my watch every 30 seconds to see if my watch is wrong or thinking "die die die!" ok maybe not that extreme, but Oh I'm mad alright.
There is also this thing with Indian people called "Indian Standard Time" where things always start 1/2 hr to 1 hr LATE. I hate this too. If you say Please be here from 9 am - 11 am. Then you better believe I will be there on time and expect to leave on time.
I don't think it's fair to tell me that we will be done at 3:30 but then continue to talk until 4:15. My body doesn't work that way. When I see that it is 3:15 I start getting ancy. "yes yes almost time to run away and never come back" is what I am thinking. Then when you go over, I am not paying attention, nope. I am either looking at my watch every 30 seconds to see if my watch is wrong or thinking "die die die!" ok maybe not that extreme, but Oh I'm mad alright.
There is also this thing with Indian people called "Indian Standard Time" where things always start 1/2 hr to 1 hr LATE. I hate this too. If you say Please be here from 9 am - 11 am. Then you better believe I will be there on time and expect to leave on time.
posted by Kripsie, 4:55 PM
|
